i Vigor2925 Series Quick Start Guide
Vigor2925 Series Quick Start Guide ii
Vigor2925 Series Dual-WAN Security Router Quick Start Guide Version: 1.0 Firmware Version: V3.7.
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European Community Declarations Manufacturer: Address: Product: DrayTek Corp. No. 26, Fu Shing Road, Hukou Township, Hsinchu Industrial Park, Hsinchu County, Taiwan 303 Vigor2925 Series Router DrayTek Corp. declares that Vigor2925 Series of routers are in compliance with the following essential requirements and other relevant provisions of R&TTE 1999/5/EC, ErP 2009/125/EC and RoHS 2011/65/EU.
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Table of Contents 1. Introduction ........................................................................................1 1.1 Panel Explanation ...................................................................................... 2 1.1.1 For Vigor2925 ........................................................................................... 2 1.1.2 For Vigor2925n ......................................................................................... 4 1.2 Package Content ..............................
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1. Introduction Vigor2925 series is a broadband router which integrates IP layer QoS, NAT session/bandwidth management to help users control works well with large bandwidth. By adopting hardware-based VPN platform and hardware encryption of AES/DES/3DES, and hardware key hash of SHA-1/MD5, the router increases the performance of VPN greatly and offers several protocols (such as IPSec/PPTP/L2TP) with up to 32 VPN tunnels.
1.1 Panel Explanation 1.1.1 For Vigor2925 LED ACT (Activity) USB1~USB2 WAN1~WAN2 VPN QoS WCF DMZ Status Blinking Off On Blinking On Off Blinking On On On On Off Blinking LED on Connector Left On WAN1~ LED Off WAN2 Blinking Right On LED Off Left On LAN1~ LED Off LAN5 Blinking Right On LED Off Vigor2925 Series Quick Start Guide Explanation The router is powered on and running normally. The router is powered off. USB device is connected and ready for use. The data is transmitting.
Interface Factory Reset USB1~USB2 WAN1~WAN2 LAN1~LAN5 PWR ON/OFF Description Restore the default settings. Usage: Turn on the router (ACT LED is blinking). Press the hole and keep for more than 5 seconds. When you see the ACT LED begins to blink rapidly than usual, release the button. Then the router will restart with the factory default configuration. Connecter for a USB device (for 3G USB Modem or printer). Connecter for local network devices or modem for accessing Internet.
1.1.2 For Vigor2925n LED ACT (Activity) USB WLAN WAN1~WAN2 VPN QoS WCF DMZ Status Blinking Off On Blinking On Blinking On Off Blinking On On On On Off Blinking LED on Connector Left On WAN1~ LED Off WAN2 Blinking Right On LED Off On Left LAN1~ LED Off LAN5 Blinking Vigor2925 Series Quick Start Guide Explanation The router is powered on and running normally. The router is powered off. USB device is connected and ready for use. The data is transmitting. Wireless access point is ready.
Right LED Interface Wireless LAN ON/OFF/WPS On Off The port is connected with 1000Mbps. The port is connected with 10/100Mbps LAN1~LAN5 PWR Description Press "Wireless LAN ON/OFF/WPS" button once to wait for client device making network connection through WPS. Press "Wireless LAN ON/OFF/WPS" button twice to enable (WLAN LED on) or disable (WLAN LED off) wireless connection. Restore the default settings. Usage: Turn on the router (ACT LED is blinking). Press the hole and keep for more than 5 seconds.
1.2 Package Content nQuick Start Guide oCD p RJ-45 Cable (Ethernet) q Antenna (n models) r The type of the power adapter depends on the country that the router will be installed: UK-type Power Adapter EU-type Power Adapter USA/Taiwan-type Power Adapter AU/NZ-type Power Adapter * The maximum power consumption is 24 Watt.
2. Installing Your Router This section will guide you to install the router through hardware connection and configure the router’s settings through web browser. 2.1 Hardware Installation Before starting to configure the router, you have to connect your devices correctly. 1. Connect the cable Modem/DSL Modem/Media Converter to any WAN port of router with Ethernet cable (RJ-45). 2.
2.2 Printer Installation You can install a printer onto the router for sharing printing. All the PCs connected this router can print documents via the router. The example provided here is made based on Windows XP/2000. For Windows 98/SE/Vista, please visit www.draytek.com. Before using it, please follow the steps below to configure settings for connected computers (or wireless clients). 1. Connect the printer with the router through USB port. 2. Open Start->Settings-> Printers and Faxes.
3. Open File->Add a New Computer. A welcome dialog will appear. Please click Next. 4. Click Local printer attached to this computer and click Next.
5. In this dialog, choose Create a new port Type of port and use the drop down list to select Standard TCP/IP Port. Click Next. 6. In the following dialog, type 192.168.1.1 (router’s LAN IP) in the field of Printer Name or IP Address and type IP_192.168.1.1 as the port name. Then, click Next.
7. Click Standard and choose Generic Network Card. 8. Then, in the following dialog, click Finish.
9. Now, your system will ask you to choose right name of the printer that you installed onto the router. Such step can make correct driver loaded onto your PC. When you finish the selection, click Next. 10. For the final stage, you need to go back to Control Panel-> Printers and edit the property of the new printer you have added.
11. Select "LPR" on Protocol, type p1 (number 1) as Queue Name. Then click OK. Next please refer to the red rectangle for choosing the correct protocol and LPR name. The printer can be used for printing now. Most of the printers with different manufacturers are compatible with vigor router. Note 1: Some printers with the fax/scanning or other additional functions are not supported. If you do not know whether your printer is supported or not, please visit www.draytek.com to find out the printer list.
Then, click the What types of printers are compatible with Vigor router? link. Note 2: Vigor router supports printing request from computers via LAN ports but not WAN port.
3. Initial Settings To access Internet, please finish basic configuration after completing the hardware installation. 3.1 Accessing Web Page 1. Make sure your PC connects to the router correctly. Notice: You may either simply set up your computer to get IP dynamically from the router or set up the IP address of the computer to be the same subnet as the default IP address of Vigor router 192.168.1.1. For the detailed information, please refer to the later section - Trouble Shooting of this manual. 2.
4. The web page can be logged out according to the chosen condition. The default setting is Auto Logout, which means the web configuration system will logout after five minutes without any operation. Change the setting for your necessity. 3.2 Basic Configuration – Quick Start Wizard The Quick Start Wizard is designed for you to easily set up your router for Internet access. You can directly access the Quick Start Wizard via Web User Interface.
If your router can be under an environment with high speed NAT, the configuration provide here can help you to deploy and use the router quickly. The first screen of Quick Start Wizard is entering login password. After typing the password, please click Next. On the next page as shown below, please select the WAN interface that you use. If Ethernet interface is used, please choose WAN1/WAN2; if 3G USB modem is used, please choose WAN3. Then click Next for next step.
3.2.1 For WAN1/WAN2 WAN1/WAN2 is dedicated to physical mode in Ethernet. If you choose WAN1/WAN2, please specify physical type. Then, click Next. On the next page as shown below, please select the appropriate Internet access type according to the information from your ISP. For example, you should select PPPoE mode if the ISP provides you PPPoE interface. PPPoE 1. Choose WAN1/WAN2 as the WAN Interface and click the Next button. The following page will be open for you to specify Internet Access Type.
2. Click PPPoE as the Internet Access Type. Then click Next to continue. 3. Please manually enter the Username/Password provided by your ISP. Click Next for viewing summary of such connection. 4. Click Finish. A page of Quick Start Wizard Setup OK!!! will appear. Then, the system status of this protocol will be shown. 5. Now, you can enjoy surfing on the Internet.
PPTP/L2TP 1. Choose WAN1/WAN2 as the WAN Interface and click the Next button. The following page will be open for you to specify Internet Access Type. 2. Click PPTP/L2TP as the Internet Access Type. Then click Next to continue.
3. Please type in the IP address/mask/gateway information originally provided by your ISP. Then click Next for viewing summary of such connection. 4. Click Finish. A page of Quick Start Wizard Setup OK!!! will appear. Then, the system status of this protocol will be shown. 5. Now, you can enjoy surfing on the Internet.
Static IP 1. Choose WAN1/WAN2 as the WAN Interface and click the Next button. The following page will be open for you to specify Internet Access Type. 2. Click Static IP as the Internet Access type. Simply click Next to continue.
3. Please type in the IP address information originally provided by your ISP. Then click Next for next step. 4. Click Finish. A page of Quick Start Wizard Setup OK!!! will appear. Then, the system status of this protocol will be shown. 5. Now, you can enjoy surfing on the Internet.
DHCP 1. Choose WAN1/WAN2 as WAN Interface and click the Next button. The following page will be open for you to specify Internet Access Type. 2. Click DHCP as the Internet Access type. Simply click Next to continue.
3. After finished the settings above, click Next for viewing summary of such connection. 4. Click Finish. A page of Quick Start Wizard Setup OK!!! will appear. Then, the system status of this protocol will be shown. 5. Now, you can enjoy surfing on the Internet.
3.2.2 For WAN3 (USB) 1. Choose WAN3 as WAN Interface. 2. Then, click Next for getting the following page.
3. Please type in required information originally provided by your ISP. Then, click Next for viewing summary of such connection. 4. Click Finish. A page of Quick Start Wizard Setup OK!!! will appear. Then, the system status of this protocol will be shown. 5. Now, you can enjoy surfing on the Internet.
3.3 Wireless Configuration For the user of Vigor2925, please skip this section. For operating Vigor2925n well, it is necessary for you to set the wireless LAN settings for using wireless function. Please read the following section carefully for configuring the settings for this router. (The default value of Frequency Domain was set by factory depends on the reselling region.) 3.3.
3.3.2 General Setup 1. On the Wireless LAN group, select General Setup. The following page will be shown. 2. Check Enable Wireless LAN to enable the wireless function. 3. At present, the router can connect to 11n Only, 11g Only, Mixed (11b+11g), Mixed (11a+11n), Mixed (11g+11n), and Mixed (11b+11g+11n) stations simultaneously. Simply choose Mixed (11b+11g+11n) mode. 4. Type in the name of the SSID. The default name for SSID is DrayTek. We suggest you to change it with a particular name. 5.
3.3.3 Security Settings 1. On the Wireless LAN group, select Security. 2. The default security mode is Mixed (WPA+WPA2)/PSK. For the wireless client who wants to access into Internet through such router, please input the default PSK value for connection. Default Pre-Shared Key (PSK) with 13 ASCII characters is provided and stated on the label pasted on the bottom of the router.
3. Click OK to save settings. Be aware that for the communication, all wireless devices must support the same encryption bit length and share the same key. If WEP mode is selected, only one of four preset keys can be selected at one time.
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4. Trouble Shooting This section will guide you to solve abnormal situations if you cannot access into the Internet after installing the router and finishing the web configuration. Please follow sections below to check your basic installation status stage by stage. ¾ Checking if the hardware status is OK or not. ¾ Checking if the network connection settings on your computer are OK or not. ¾ Pinging the router from your computer. ¾ Checking if the ISP settings are OK or not.
4.2 Checking If the Network Connection Settings on Your Computer Is OK or Not Sometimes the link failure occurs due to the wrong network connection settings. After trying the above section, if the link is stilled failed, please do the steps listed below to make sure the network connection settings is OK. For Windows The example is based on Windows XP. As to the examples for other operation systems, please refer to the similar steps or find support notes in www.draytek.com.
2. Select Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) and then click Properties. 3. Select Obtain an IP address automatically and Obtain DNS server address automatically.
For Mac OS 1. Double click on the current used Mac OS on the desktop. 2. Open the Application folder and get into Network. 3. On the Network screen, select Using DHCP from the drop down list of Configure IPv4.
4.3 Pinging the Router from Your Computer The default gateway IP address of the router is 192.168.1.1. For some reason, you might need to use “ping” command to check the link status of the router. The most important thing is that the computer will receive a reply from 192.168.1.1. If not, please check the IP address of your computer. We suggest you setting the network connection as get IP automatically. (Please refer to the section 4.2) Please follow the steps below to ping the router correctly.
4.4 Checking If the ISP Settings are OK or Not Open WAN >> Internet Access page and then check whether the ISP settings are set correctly. Click Details Page of WAN1/WAN2/WAN3 to review the settings that you configured previously. 4.5 Backing to Factory Default Setting If Necessary Sometimes, a wrong connection can be improved by returning to the default settings. Try to reset the router by software or hardware.. Warning: After pressing factory default setting, you will loose all settings you did before.
Software Reset You can reset the router to factory default via Web page. Go to System Maintenance and choose Reboot System on the web page. The following screen will appear. Choose Using factory default configuration and click Reboot Now. After few seconds, the router will return all the settings to the factory settings. Hardware Reset While the router is running (ACT LED blinking), press the RST button and hold for more than 5 seconds. When you see the ACT LED blinks rapidly, please release the button.
After restore the factory default setting, you can configure the settings for the router again to fit your personal request. 4.6 Contacting Your Dealer If the router still cannot work correctly after trying many efforts, please contact your dealer for further help right away. For any questions, please feel free to send e-mail to support@draytek.com.
